The Best Articles in Education
The most useful articles in Education from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Education Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Education by Refind users.
Videos
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The Biggest Myth In Education
You are not a visual learner — learning styles are a stubborn myth. Part of this video is sponsored by Google Search.Special thanks to Prof. Daniel Willingha...
What is ...?
New to Education? These articles make an excellent introduction.
An Introduction to the Flynn Effect
Researchers studying the Flynn effect have found that scores on IQ tests have actually increased over time.
What Is Culturally Responsive Teaching?
Here's what it means to be a culturally responsive teacher and where critical race theory ties in—or not.
«While more than half of public school students are students of color, most schools are organized around the mainstream culture of white Americans. The culture that many students experience at home and in their communities is not always represented at school—or is represented in a stereotypical way.»
What Is Question-Based Learning?
Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).
«Questions are not only a driving force behind inquiry but can be used as a powerful assessment strategy, too.»
How to ...?
How to Retain What You Learn
Listen now (13 min) | A science-based framework for learning retention
«Spaced Repetition is a scientifically-proven method for enhanced retention. It’s a method in which information is consumed at increasing intervals until it's committed to long-term memory»
How to Create the Right Environment for Students to Develop a Growth Mindset
We can't expect students to cultivate growth mindsets if the school culture doesn't support them.
How to Make Learning Stick
A blog about digital leadership, pedagogy, learning, and transformative change in education.
«Cognitive overload inhibits learning. Too much information results in stress that prevents students from assimilating information effectively (Waddington, 1996).»
How To Apply the Stages Of Learning (With Free Worksheet)
Want to learn faster and smarter? Discover the 3 stages of learning and skyrocket your learning skills into a whole new hemisphere.
How to Engage Students’ Memory Processes to Improve Learning
Strategies like connecting new information to students’ prior knowledge guide them to store what they’re learning in long-term memory.
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AI Writing Tools Like ChatGPT Are the Future of Learning & No, It’s Not Cheating
ChatGPT is the most advanced technology of its kind and its popularity is growing fast. Especially among students.
Teaching In The Age Of AI Means Getting Creative
Alarm bells seemed to sound in teachers’ lounges across America late last year with the debut of ChatGPT — an AI chatbot that was both easy to use and capable o…
Has Academia Ruined Literary Criticism?
Literature departments seem to provide a haven for studying books, but they may have painted themselves into a corner.
How to make the most of university
Learning psychological flexibility is the key to coping with difficult times and to pursuing what really matters to you
Australian universities to return to ‘pen and paper’ exams after students caught using AI to write essays
Australia’s leading universities say redesign of how students are assessed is ‘critical’ in the face of a revolution in computer-generated text
Short Articles
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Why Didn’t More People Take the MIT Challenge?
Ten years ago, I finished a personal project to try to learn MIT’s computer science curriculum on my own. Strangely enough, the project was both a resounding success and an abject failure. The project…
This writer analyzed 100 graduation speeches — here are the 4 tips they all share
Writer Bruce Feiler is a pro at examining life stories and looking for patterns to help us live with more meaning, purpose and joy. Here’s what he found when he applied his skills to commence…
«Dream, work, fail and smile are as good a foursome of American identity today as I know.»
These high school ‘classics’ have been taught for generations
An English professor takes a critical look at why today’s students are assigned the same books that were assigned decades ago – and why American school curricula are so difficult to change.
Academic arrogance: The school that grants your PhD thinks it's too good to hire you
If you got your PhD from a prestigious university, the very same university thinks it's too good to hire you for a faculty job.
The College Essay Is Dead
Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Education.
Creating a 2D physics engine from scratch in Javascript
Writing a physics engine is an extremely complex task. It requires knowledge of physics, math and programming in order to create an accurate and efficient implementation. However, if we put aside…
Fake Journal Club: Teaching Critical Reading
Discussion of how to teach active reading and questioning of scientific research. Partially fake research papers may teach a critical attitude. Various ideas for games reviewed.
Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of…
Why we stopped making Einsteins
Geniuses of the past were aristocratically tutored
The Corporation Exploiting Washington’s Special Education System
Universal Health Services collected more than $38 million in tax dollars for special education services that families and former teachers say it largely didn’t provide
Thought Leaders
We monitor hundreds of thought leaders, influencers, and newsletters in Education, including:
Education Week
Inspiring and empowering you to make a difference in your K 12 community. Follow our other accounts: @EdWeekOpinion, @EdWeekTeacher
The Hechinger Report
Reporting on innovation & inequality in education. 📨 Newsletters: http://hechingerreport.org/newsletters/ 🐦 Tweets by @NicholeDobo & @JaveriaSal
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The leading news source for higher education. Get our newsletters: https://www.chronicle.com/account/get-newsletters
POLITICO
Nobody knows politics and policy like POLITICO. Congress nerds 👉 @politicongress All 2022 race calls 👉 @politicoelex Got a news tip? 👉 http://politi.co/2LcOtt5

Colin Wright
Author, speaker, analytic journalist, podcast host. (Just in case: http://mastodon.social/@colinwright & http://post.news/colinwright)
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Education, including:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The leading news source for higher education. Get our newsletters: https://www.chronicle.com/account/get-newsletters
Education Week
Inspiring and empowering you to make a difference in your K 12 community. Follow our other accounts: @EdWeekOpinion, @EdWeekTeacher
Scott Galloway
Product of big government @ucla @ucberkeley | Prof Marketing @NYUStern | Right of Center-Left | #ProfGPod @PivotPod | Strategy Sprint http://section4.com
edutopia
Sharing what works in education. Produced by the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter: http://edut.to/3XX7Trc
Big Think
Learn from the world’s greatest thinkers. Join us on https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink.
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